Simon the Sorcerer

CD-ROM version

This game first had a disk version and then a CD-ROM version. The CD-ROM version features full speech.

Legacy

The success of this game prompted Adventuresoft to abandon their previous Horrorsoft brand in favour of focusing on mass-market non-adult titles.

Graphics

Graphics of the game were entirely hand-drawn on paper. Later they were scanned and manually colorised using computer's software.

Awards

• Amiga Joker
  • Issue 02/1995 – #3 Best Game in 1994 (Readers' Vote)
  • Issue 02/1995 – Best Adventure in 1994 (Readers' Vote)
• GameStar (Germany)
  • Issue 12/1999 - #90 in the "100 Most Important PC Games of the Nineties" ranking
• Power Play
  • Issue 02/1995 – Best German Localization in 1994

Information also contributed by Martin Smith